Simon, you bitch about those stairs drunk, try the other stairs on I think it's spanish banks while stoned and just after the snow we got.
I don't understand all the hate on UBC, I dig the place. I almost went to CU Boulder, but I'm so glad I didn't. I do things other than drink my face off every weekend and it's super fun. I've got nothing against drinking as some may know, but not every weekend like my best friend at CU has wound up doing cause that's all anyone else is doing. UBC is a really pretty campus, Vancouver is a fun city, and I would recommend all of it, provided you can deal with rain and it doesn't depress you. It is extremely asain (Univeristy of Beijing China in Hongcouver), but it isn't like there aren't any white students. I suppose I should add in that I'm an American (Pennsylvanian) and I barely got in, I'd say if I were Canadian I wouldn't have gotten in. It's true about being academically challenging, I got that vibe when I came to visit last spring. The only reason I considered CU over UBC is because I thought UBC might be too academically challenging being the slacker that I am. I did struggle a bit first term, but if you're going to school for school then a bit of effort isn't so bad. I'm done with my ramble. Go for UBC.
Oh snap Whistler rocked my socks.